Relationships: Jercico, Will/Jake, Frank/Hazel/Leo, Reyna/Calypso
When Nico founded out he was pregnant, shockingly, the first person he told slash went to for help was Persephone.
He never thought he would see the day when he went to her for help. She was the last person he had expected himself to go too. If Jason wasn't one of the 'baby daddies' as Leo had once said, it would have been between him and Reyna. So he was out, which left Reyna, but she was on a vacation with her titan girlfriend. He was scared, confused, he didn't understand how it was possible.
He considered asking Will. They had become close friends after the war with Gaea. But he had only made it halfway to the blonds usual observation room in the infirmary when he noises of him riding Jake to town reached his ears.
He figured it was hopeless. What would a demigod around here know about this kind of stuff, anyways? He realized he needed the help of a god-or goddess-and strangely, Persephone was the first immortal being he thought off. He sure as hell couldn't tell his father, he was still throwing temper tantrums about him dating Jason and Percy, if he found out he would smite them in a second. And if he went to any of the other Olympians well-that would just end horribly.
Hera would probably wipe their memories again and start another fun time war over it. He wasn't sure how she would-or could-be he thought it might happen. So he got to the Underworld as fast as he could, before Hera could sniff him out.
He sneaked inside the palace, avoiding Cerberus-out of fear of knocked down or something more than anything else, the creature loved Nico, and Nico's feelings were heavily returned. It was just that he had a thing for roughhousing when they played. He held his stomach and walked in a crouch so the Furies wouldn't catch him, because the last thing he needed was to be picked up and flung around. He then entered through the garden, catching one of Persephone's maidens on the way.
"Excuse me uh…Delilah," he thought that was her name, all the goddess' maidens were named after flowers. She nodded, looking at him curiously. "Can you get thy Lady for me? I need to speak to her."
The maiden considered him for a moment before nodding again and walking off silently. He went back into the gardens and walked around nervously, hating the feeling with a passion. He didn't like feeling vulnerable. The exception was when he was in bed with Jason and Percy. They always made him feel safe. Safe, physically, mentally and most of all, emotionally. He could feel whatever he wanted and they would take it in stride. It was one of the many things he loved about them.
"Ah, my sweet stepson," Persephone's sarcastic voice trickled in behind him.
Nico turned as the dark haired, gorgeous goddess approached him. She summoned a table and two chairs and she gestured for him to sit down. He didn't hesitate before taking his seat, his feet hurt and he was already building up a sweat.
"Persephone," he said once they both had sat down.
She raised an eyebrow.
Nico paused only briefly. "I need you to keep a secret. And to receive some advice."
Persephone's smirk fell and her face changed into something that Nico could only really call concerned. It was extremely strange to see on anyone's face but Percy or Jason's, but it comforted him.
"What is it, dear?" she asked him. She snapped her fingers and a some sort of milkshake appeared in front of him, it had a McDonald's logo, so he figured it was safe to drink. Plus, he had been craving chocolate.
He took a sip and muttered a thank you, to which the goddess nodded. Nico took a deep breath and looked his stepmother squarely in the eye,
"I'm pregnant." He said softly.
Persephone's eyes widened. "Oh dear."
Nico nodded his head. "Yeah." He stared at her for a moment. "Please don't tell Father."
"I can only keep it from him for so long." Persephone reminded him, Nico nodded in acknowledgment, worrying his bottom lip softly. "But nonetheless, I won't tell him. For now." Nico nodded and she asked, "It is Grace's or Jackson's, isn't it?"
Nico blushed and nodded. Persephone hummed pleasantly, "Well, that's good, I've always liked those too heroes." She laughed. "It is quite funny watching your Father rave and rant about them."
Nico's face paled even more than usual, but he didn't continue on the subject of his father. "Step-mother," he said softly. "Is there….can you think of any way this could be possible?"
Persephone thought for a moment. "Honestly, I haven't ever heard of such a thing, but that doesn't necessarily mean it hasn't happened. I do not visit Olympus often and even when I do, my mother likes to keep things from me, and Hades isn't one for gossip unless it has something to do with his brothers and their offspring's."
"Well," Nico said, hands twirling anxiously in his lap, he had pushed his milkshake away, realizing it simply made his stomach turn. He didn't want to get sick in his step-mothers garden. "C-can you think of something that would make this happen?"
"My best guess," Persephone took a dainty sip of water. "Is that someone did this to play a prank on your father."
Nico blinked. "A prank?"
"Yes, quite a few of the gods find Hades tantrums very amusing and would probably like to see more of them. I would suspect it to be Lord Hermes or Apollo. They might even be working together. Hermes, perhaps, came up with the idea and Apollo made it happen, he has the medical means after all."
"I thought Apollo and Hermes didn't get along." Nico frowned.
"Ah child, that was eons ago, all brothers bicker. Those two would do anything for a good laugh. I am their sister, I would know. They can be very immature. And they especially love to mess with Uncle H."
If Nico had been in better spirits he might have laughed. "They call father Uncle H?"
Persephone had to hide her own smile. "Oh yes, it does bother him quite a bit."
"Percy would think that's hilarious." Nico said, very suddenly, so suddenly he alarmed even himself, his lip quivered and he burst into tears. Persephone's eyes grew wide and she looked so startled someone would have thought she had never seen someone cry before. And perhaps she hadnt, she was the Queen of the Underworld after all. Screams of agony? Sure. Crying because of being overly emotional? Probably not.
"What am I going to do?" Nico sobbed. "What are Percy and Jason going to say? They're going to l-lea-leave me and find som-some skinny dudes to fuck instead of me because their gonna think I'm unattractive and Percy's gonna think I look bigger than a w-wha-whale an-and their gonna hate me and the baby and I don't even knoowwww-" Nico broke off into a loud wail, his eyes scrunched up and tears falling fast and big, his face was blotchy and he had a look on his face that resembled those that were tortured daily in the Fields of Punishment.
"Nico, dear," Persephone said, looking like she wasn't sure how to handle the situation. "That's enough now, okay? Wipe your tears." She handed him a silk napkin and he took it, clumsily mopping up his face. "Grace and Jackson will be doing no such thing."
Nico stopped his crying for a moment and looked at her. "Because they love me?" he asked hopefully.
Persephone blinked. "No, because their frightened of your father."
Nico started crying again, his whole body quacking and shaking with sobs that were so loud they could wake the dead….no pun intended.
"Why are you crying?" Persephone asked. "That's a good thing; I thought you would be happy. You and the children will be well taken care of; Hades will make sure of it."
Nico stopped once again, shock on his face. "Chi-children? Like…more than one?"
"Well yes, there are four of them; you didn't actually think you'd be that big at two months did you?"
"Four? That big?"
The son of Hades screamed so loud she had to cover her immortal ears.
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Three hours later Nico was on bed rest in the Hades cabin, it had taken a little while but eventually Persephone had gotten her stepson to calm down. When she had she had taken them both to the Apollo cabin, and had nearly given poor Will a heart attack. He was limping slightly from his previous activities with Jake and was all too eager to fill the Queen of the Underworlds request. She gave him specific instructions and Will followed them all, not even blinking an eye when she explained the situation.
He was too be on bed rest for at least a week due to his emotional episode, the goddess claiming that it had emotionally drained him-which she was correct about-and that it could affect his physical health, possibly cause him to miscarry even. That was what got him to listen to her, Will hovered around him, took his blood pressure and pulse before making him eat two pouched eggs and half a packet of saltines. He didn't know how the Son of Apollo knew he hadn't been eating, but he did. He liked the cheese covered eggs and salty crackers, because for some reason they agreed with his stomach. Will patted his head after taking the tray out from in front of him.
He and Will had become close friends after the war. He was the first person he ever confessed his feelings for Jason and Percy too, and once he had Will told him he had loved Jake since they were children, that they had even dated for a little while, but Jake had broken up with him after the accident, he had told Will he didn't want him to be stuck with a 'monster' Will had pleated and begged, but Jake had still sent him away. Nico saw the heartbreak in his friends eyes and hated it, he schemed and got them together and in return Will helped him with Percy and Jason once they were single.
"So, Preggers," Will said, taking a seat on the edge of his bed. "How's the food settling?"
Nico glared at him from behind his heavy eyelashes. "It's alright for now and don't call me that."
"You're having quadruplets." Will smirked.
Nico blushed. "So what?"
"That's like, a lot of kids. It's like a half of the Athena cabin, but all at once."
"Will," he said, rolling his eyes. "For the love of Hades, stop."
"Alright, alright." Will said with a laugh. "When are you gonna tell Percy and Jason?"
Nico sighed and ran his hands over his belly, it was quite big for being only two months along, so big that Jason and Percy wouldn't not notice it. His lovers (plus Annabeth and Piper) had been on a series of quests and hadn't returned to camp for over a month, they were supposed to arrive two days before yesterday but they could only travel so fast. The last time they had spoken it had been over an IM the day they were supposed to return. Nico had thrown a fit when he realized they were all sharing one hotel room and had disconnected after shouting at them for several moments, that was when he had realized just how seriously messed up his behavior was and figured something serious was wrong with him. The mortal pregnancy test had been left at his cabin door, though he did not know from whom it had come. Something told him it was Chiron, since he took the news (also from Lady Persephone) very easily.
"I don't know." Nico admitted, playing with the hem of his blanket. It was gray silk, the kind that came from Percy's cabin. "What do you think they'll say?"
"Grace will drop dead. Jackson will worry about not having enough pizza for himself in a few years."
"Will!" Nico scolded. "I'm being serious!"
"So was I." Will said with a straight face.
"Gods," Nico weakly picked up a pillow and threw it at Will. "Get out of my room, I'm supposed to be resting, Doctor."
Will flipped him off.
"I think I've had enough of that." Nico said, rubbing his stomach softly.
Will smirked. "I haven't." Nico looked at his friend, resisting the urge to roll his eyes.
"You don't say?" he asked sarcastically, staring at the ceiling.
"Ever since Jake healed and got his casts and gauze off, he's been a damn animal." Nico pretended to plug his ears, but after a moment he dropped his hands and looked at Will expectantly and the blond obliged. "Seriously, the first night he almost gave me a heart attack, you know how he's always had those big guns." Will flexed his bicep to symbolize just what 'guns' he was talking about, Nico laughed and shook his head at how ridiculous it sounded, "He just threw me up on his work table and ravished me, oh my gods I couldn't move the next day."
"How did I not hear about this before?" Nico asked.
"It was the night before Leo came back."
"Ah," Nico sighed. "Leo."
Nico had cried when he saw that big idiot come out of the sky with the titan Calypso holding on to him. They were good friends, those two. But Nico realized even before they did there was really no sexual desire or romantic feelings between them. Leo loved Calypso, and Calypso loved Leo. But…Leo was in love with Frank and Hazel, and Nico saw the hearts in the titan's eyes when she first saw Reyna.
"Good thing he's not here." Nico said, the son of Hephaestus had moved into Frank and Hazel's apartment in New Rome four months ago.
Will nodded his agreement. "Yeah, if he was he would have somehow found out and told Jason by now."
"You know," Nico sighed. "I used to think he had a thing for Jason."
"I thought the same." Will admitted. "But then I saw him with Frank and Hazel."
Nico laughed. "Yeah. I was so jealous, I refused to talk to him or Jason for like a week, that's when we were on the Argo."
"And look at you both now," Will said, stealing a saltine from the half-filled pack. "He's shacking up with your sister and your future brother-in-law and you can take two dicks at the same time. Good for you, buddy."
"I'm also pregnant with quadruplets." Nico added.
"Ah, well, shit happens." Will said with a shrug.
"I don't see you pregnant."
"I'm still in the amazing sex stage of my relationship." Will blushed a little but he was smirking even bigger.
"Percy, Jason and I have always had amazing sex, okay? And this isn't gonna change anything." Nico patted his belly lovingly. Lovingly? How was it that he had fallen in love with his children so easily and so quickly? It didn't matter though, not to him. He loved them, that was what mattered, just like he loved their dads.
"Your tum's gonna get in the way, you know." Will sung.
"Will!" he nearly whined, eyes sparkling with hot tears. "Shut up, alright?"
"Alright, alright," Will said, patting his shoulder. "Don't get so worked up, everything is gonna he fine. You're going to be gorgeous and glowing and Percy and Jason will be ripping each other's throats out to get to your ass first."
"You better mean that, Solace." Nico snapped.
"Every word, I swear on Jake's dick."
"Now I know you're serious." Nico said as serious as he could before he started laughing. Will rolled his eyes, but couldn't keep the smile and blush off.
"Yeah, yeah, laugh at me because I like having sex with my boyfriend. Whatever, you hating bitch." Will said, pulling on one of his ears until he slapped his hand away.
"Ugh, get out Solace, I'm tired." Nico said, going back to stroking his bump.
Will leaned over and gave him a sloppy kiss on the forehead; Nico slapped him away and Will backed off laughing his ass off.
Nico threw a throw pillow at the door for good measure and laid across the bed, his head on Percy's pillow and his legs resting were Jason usually slept. Nico fell asleep, rubbing his belly still and thinking over his lovers and when they would come home.
should i leave it the way it is or do more?
